Well-known Asheville chef arrested

9:40 PM,
Dec. 28, 2012

Police arrested Hector Diaz on a charge of hitting a city parking services worker in the head.

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City police arrested a well-known downtown restaurant owner and charged him with hitting a city parking services worker in the head.

Hector Diaz, one of the city's culinary stars, was charged with misdemeanor assault on a female.

The parking worker was behind a blue Honda Crossover on Wall Street, parked in a 30-minute loading zone, tagging it into the system when it began moving toward her around 11 a.m. Thursday, according to a police report. She was not issuing a citation, she later told police. ...